Austempered Ductile Iron (ADI) in Railroad Wheels

Dr. Paul Sanders and PhD Student Karl Warsinski are working on the development of Austempered Ductile Iron as a potential railroad wheel material. As part of the project, Warsinski has been collaborating with a local railroad to collected data on wheel temperatures during the braking application.

Sponsor: 
NURail Center
Principal Investigator: 
Dr. Pasi Lautala
Co-Principal Investigator(s): 
Thomas Oommen
Paul G. Sanders
Tim Havens
Hamed Pouryousef
Project Category: 
Status: 
Ongoing